Politics

• Friday, July 17th 2009 - 11:37 UTC

  Four South American presidents call for the “second independence”

  

  Calling for a second and definitive independence and criticizing United States, presidents from Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Paraguay participated in the Thursday celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the Bolivian capital La Paz uprising against the Spanish crown.

• Friday, July 17th 2009 - 11:26 UTC

  Former Uruguayan football star joins presidential politics

  

  Former Uruguayan football star and coach Hugo de León has been nominated as vice president candidate for the opposition junior partner Colorado party. He will second presidential candidate Pedro Bordaberry.

• Friday, July 17th 2009 - 11:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: First suspected case of swine flu ‘no need for concern’ says doctor; Young man’s death was ‘tragic accident’ Coroner rules.

• Friday, July 17th 2009 - 11:10 UTC

  Brazil delays licences for Uruguayan powder milk imports

  

  Uruguay is considering what steps to follow given Brazil’s long delay in extending import licences for Uruguayan dairy produce. An estimated 10.000 tons have been ready for shipping for over two months but there has been no reply from Brazilian trade officials.

• Friday, July 17th 2009 - 07:47 UTC

  HMS Gloucester delivers Task Force South exhibit to Falklands’ museum

  

  An exhibition of Falklands War naval artefacts was presented Wednesday to the Falklands Museum after being brought to the Islands by HMS Gloucester that has taken up tasks as the lead unit of the Royal Navy’s Atlantic Patrol (South).

• Friday, July 17th 2009 - 05:33 UTC

  Argentina obtains Non-Aligned Movement observer status

  

  The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) leaders approved this week the admission of Argentina and the World Peace Council (WPC) as observers at the its 15th summit currently held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

• Friday, July 17th 2009 - 05:29 UTC

  Falklands’ courts operate under new Constitution from August 8

  

  Falkland Islands Courts will begin operating under the new Constitution of the Falklands as of next August 8th according to the Amendment Order 2009, approved by Her Majesty with the advice of the Privy Council.

• Thursday, July 16th 2009 - 16:06 UTC

  Honduras’s Micheletti leader 'willing to quit'

  

  Honduras' interim president has agreed to step down on the condition that Manuel Zelaya, the country's ousted president, is not allowed to regain power. Roberto Micheletti made the offer on Thursday as a means to end the nearly three-week-old political standoff in Honduras

• Thursday, July 16th 2009 - 15:43 UTC

  World Bank has 17 billion US dollars to loan out in Latinamerica

  

  The World Bank could lend up to 17 billion US dollars to Latinamerican countries in the fiscal year that began this month, the organization’s vice-president for Latinamerica said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, July 16th 2009 - 07:37 UTC

  Obama administration and Cuba agree to further dialogue

  

  The first talks between US President Barrack Obama’s administration and Cuba ended with an invitation for US diplomats to visit Havana in December, marking the official beginning of the first dialogue between Havana and Washington in six years.